Does acupuncture hurt?

It depends on how well you can cope with pain. You can feel a slight sting when the needles are put in but once its tapped in, its pretty comfortable. You even forget it’s there because your back starts going numb. You can start feeling tingles, aching, throbbing or like a electrical buzz where the needles are being inserted. The pain is like plucking a hair from your scalp or pinning yourself. If the needle is painful once it’s in, the doctor has to move it to another place and it gets comfortable again. It also depends on where your getting it done. The ones on the wrist can be very painful than the ones on the back or legs. It’s more relaxing than painful though. 

it did not hurt so much it only hurts on the thense muscles or inflamed muscles

Some people will tell you that acupuncture is a sublimely relaxing event and you don’t feel the needles at all, and others will tell a completely different story!

Some people will tell you that acupuncture is a sublimely relaxing event and you don’t feel the needles at all, and others will tell a completely different story!

My English teacher happens to like it and she doesn’t get it either, but hey, if it works – it’s no problem, right? :)

It doesn’t hurt if you relax. If you flex your muscles, you may feel a tear coming up

but also if the muscle is tight or inflamed….i have had acupuncter numerous times and the 1st few times it really hurt my muscles that were ireally in pain in my lower back…when he taped the needle in I flinched really badly and that hurt…and but the other parts where he put the needles were not painful at all also i guess breathing techneques help too…like beep breath in and as taps the needle in breath out

Why would you do this, I hate needles and pain, and try to stay away from it.

hehe…a man afraid of pain..how sweet :) well im a martial artist and well i deal well with physical pain…and i thik its nothing to metal pain, such as bulliying, taunting etc….so i rather stay away frm that than physical pain….u ask why do you u do this? let me put this to u, why do we do many things in life?